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And you were a youngster when he did this?… Read More

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We did. We had a home on the grounds in Brookfield. But as I say, my mother and father were divorced when I was young, so I lived outside the zoo then, but I lived close enough to the zoo, for the most part or at the very beginning, so… Read More

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And that was Edward Bean?… Read More

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Edward, yes. And he was then director. Of Brookfield. Mm-hmm. Read More

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Were you at the zoo every day?… Read More

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Did your mom take you to the zoo every day?… Read More

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Or did you live on the grounds?… Read More

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Or did you wanna be a fireman?… Read More

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(laughs) No, I didn’t wanna be a fireman. As I said, I was involved, in the very beginning, as a little punk, in zoos, and my mother was involved with the zoo, as well, so I enjoyed being introduced to the zoo animals, not knowing what I was getting into… Read More

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Or was that just something that was part of what you remember?… Read More

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Well, I like ’em all, I guess, probably. I liked very much the large antelope. It always fascinated me. Beautiful animals. Read More

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And as you were growing up, did you think that you wanted to work in a zoo?… Read More

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Or d’ya like birds?… Read More

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Or a mammal guy?… Read More

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Did you have favorite animals?… Read More

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I mean: were you a reptile guy?… Read More

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Oh yeah, anything that was loose, possums, raccoons, little ones, anything that one could incarcerate. Read More

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Yeah, I saw zoos. My mother and father were divorced when I was very young, but my mother was a zoo buff, so whenever was an opportunity, we went to the zoo or collected animals somewhere. Read More

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Do you have pets as you were growing up?… Read More

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And as you were growing up, did you see other zoos?… Read More